Ten-member Armenian student team departs to Sochi to help build Olympic facilities
27.06.2011,
22:04
A ten-member student team selected by the South Caucasus Railways (SCR) company from the students of the Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University, departed today for the southern Russian city of Sochi to join peers from the Baltic and CIS states.
YEREVAN, June 27. / ARKA /. A ten-member student team selected by the South Caucasus Railways (SCR) company from the students of the Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University, departed today for the southern Russian city of Sochi to join peers from the Baltic and CIS states, the Russian-managed company said in a press release.
It said the ten-member team and their head will work at the Olympic construction sites. The SCR has paid all transportation costs of the Armenian group. The accommodation expenses will be paid by SCR’s parent company Russian Railways. The idea to bring students from former Soviet republic to Sochi belongs to the Russian Railways.
‘The SCR attaches great importance to cooperation with the Armenian universities in the training of qualified specialists and their employment by the company. The SCR has formed a unit of student train conductors to work in summer on Yerevan-Batumi-Yerevan trains,’ the press release said.
The South Caucasus Railways is run by Russian Railways. The concessional agreement was concluded in 2008 for 30 years, with a right of extension for another 20 years after the first 20 years of operation. -0-
It said the ten-member team and their head will work at the Olympic construction sites. The SCR has paid all transportation costs of the Armenian group. The accommodation expenses will be paid by SCR’s parent company Russian Railways. The idea to bring students from former Soviet republic to Sochi belongs to the Russian Railways.
‘The SCR attaches great importance to cooperation with the Armenian universities in the training of qualified specialists and their employment by the company. The SCR has formed a unit of student train conductors to work in summer on Yerevan-Batumi-Yerevan trains,’ the press release said.
The South Caucasus Railways is run by Russian Railways. The concessional agreement was concluded in 2008 for 30 years, with a right of extension for another 20 years after the first 20 years of operation. -0-
